Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Any way this swings, the pilot group gets a new deal with a MUST PASS JCBA. And improvements will be made across the board. Eating the young for survival is no longer necessary - if indeed it ever was. Do you rejoice in NK having the most underpaid new hires? Are you going to push to keep their pay and benefits dog $hit in the NEXT CBA because you don’t want to lose leverage? Because there will ALWAYS be a NEXT CBA.
What if there ended up being no merger? Would you be happy if we all work under this dated contract for another 3-5 years as long as year 1 compensation was improved? Do you honestly think improving year 1 pay right now would even make a bit of difference towards hiring and retention in the current pilot market and with the potential of a merger looming over our heads here?